diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/kodi/patches/kodi-995.01-addonpath.patch b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/patches/kodi-995.01-addonpath.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7e260e40cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/patches/kodi-995.01-addonpath.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+From 2a2ddb51f931d5f606638a0a3d6d76c261f09659 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Arne Morten Kvarving <cptspiff@gmail.com>
+Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 10:01:15 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] added: special setting __addonpath__ to
+ libXBMC_addon::GetSettings()
+
+returns the path for an addon
+---
+ xbmc/addons/AddonCallbacksAddon.cpp | 6 ++++++
+ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/xbmc/addons/AddonCallbacksAddon.cpp b/xbmc/addons/AddonCallbacksAddon.cpp
+index b789648..40f1dde 100644
+--- a/xbmc/addons/AddonCallbacksAddon.cpp
++++ b/xbmc/addons/AddonCallbacksAddon.cpp
+@@ -187,6 +187,12 @@ bool CAddonCallbacksAddon::GetAddonSetting(void *addonData, const char *strSetti
+   {
+     CLog::Log(LOGDEBUG, "CAddonCallbacksAddon - %s - add-on '%s' requests setting '%s'", __FUNCTION__, addonHelper->m_addon->Name().c_str(), strSettingName);
+ 
++    if (strcasecmp(strSettingName, "__addonpath__") == 0)
++    {
++      strcpy((char*) settingValue, addonHelper->m_addon->Path().c_str());
++      return true;
++    }
++
+     if (!addonHelper->m_addon->ReloadSettings())
+     {
+       CLog::Log(LOGERROR, "CAddonCallbacksAddon - %s - could't get settings for add-on '%s'", __FUNCTION__, addonHelper->m_addon->Name().c_str());